the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
双语例句
1
The highest points, which usually form ridges, are called continentaldivides.
最高点通常形成山脊，叫做大陆分水岭。
2
I find it particularly interesting that certain years produced the best automobiles across continental and corporate divides.
我发现一件特别有趣的事情，某些年份生产出全大陆和整个企业最好的汽车。
3
The continental divide refers to an imaginaryline in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.